Hard Times Lyrics - Arlo Guthrie

I ain't got a nickel to call mine 

The government has made me pay my tax on time 

They've taken all my bread and left me here for dead 

I ain't even got a lousy dime 

Who the hell wants money 

When there ain't none to be had 

It don't make the good times better 

It don't make the bad times bad 

Well, you find out who your friends are 

When you ain't got a dime 

Just trying to make the best of these hard times 

I've got fifteen cars and I can't afford the gas 

We've got a horse but how long can she last 

My managers enraged, my banker stands there days 

Funny how the money goes so fast 

Who the hell wants money 

When there ain't none to be had 

It don't make the good times better 

It don't make the bad times bad 

Well, you find out who your friends are 

When you ain't got a dime 

Just trying to make the best of these hard times 

We are broke but we've been broke before 

But being broke don't scare us anymore 

My daddy's broke and grandpa too 

But I'm still here to sing for you 

We are going to make it through for sure 

Well, you find out who your friends are 

When you ain't got a dime 

Just trying to make the best of these hard times